From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FJfyf-00038t-De for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:04:29 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5) with SMTP id k2G02NV6028147; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:02:23 GMT Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.206]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k2FNvHt1012754 for ; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 23:57:18 GMT Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i2so269336wra for ; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:57:17 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:subject:from:to:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; b=hCmMCVUcFU6HmeExsn9OGGxTlgv41mWk4aAk0u+uScxbCmX5xyNDaJvjvEvihrlmBe8pAXOfEgDn5VcXQkXDIcx/ZYBbOrwDCjiWbHOrbIakoO34+0p9QHJzDoUuUTZ6BGIToMm0Nv3tsip/93lBJ91Uxi5Q3MOQ7jfFFKCk8TI= Received: by 10.65.192.18 with SMTP id u18mr693566qbp; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:57:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from drjoms ( [83.141.81.118]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id e15sm58366qbe.2006.03.15.15.57.12; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:57:13 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] can anyone please help me with gnome? From: Unknown To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20060316121734.7235.NICK@rout.co.nz> References: <200603152227.12285.benno.schulenberg@gmail.com> <1142463834.6132.26.camel@drjoms> <20060316121734.7235.NICK@rout.co.nz> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 23:57:13 +0000 Message-Id: <1142467033.6210.4.camel@drjoms> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.2.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 9752a156-7377-47b5-9d99-de12e0ccb9cc X-Archives-Hash: 28154b22510f00be106f51f03ec4d0e7 On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 12:17 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > follow the instructions which are to start X with > > > /etc/init.d/xdm start > > then report back > You are gonna laugh, out put of "/etc/init.d/xdm start" was - "starting GDM", well probably i did a stupid thing somewhere letting gdm coming over XDM but, i didnt do that on purpose - first, second i am using "pure" X right now by executing xinit, .xinitrc file has only "xterm" i have feeling it can help somehow... Do you want me to change topic somehow? > > On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 23:03:54 +0000 > Unknown wrote: > > > On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 22:27 +0100, Benno Schulenberg wrote: > > > Unknown wrote: > > > > X are working fine, > > > > > I use X right now, (i can xinit X windows to work or i can execute GDM, > > chose "Custom session" which is nearly same xinit, with some unknown > > window manager, not gnome though) > > > How do you know X is working fine? > > > > > > > when i GDM > > > > > > You mean when you start gdm? How? What command do you give? What > > > runlevel do you normally boot into? > > > > > I boot into normal mode(default one), get root access from console and > > manually run "gdm", than log in using my current user(using custom > > session, which is nearly same xinit by the way it looks), i did try root > > and i did try to create new user and log in as user using "Gnome" > > session - same story, nothing helped... > > > > and log into PC > > > > > > You must already be logged in to be able to give commands... > > > > > > > it stops on splashscreen, > > > > > > It's maybe waiting for something? Is /home mounted? > > > > > home is 100% mounted, and if i am not mistaking, wouldnt it say smth > > like, "blah blah blah cant access configuration files from home > > directory, so i am using defaults"? > > however its not the case > > > > gnome-session shows mistakes, > > > > > right now it showed smth like: "gnomeui-warning": while connecting > > manager: authentication rejected, reason : none of the authentication > > protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed. > > SESSION_MANAGER=local/drjoms:/tmp/.ICE-unix/6217 > > > What mistakes? > > mistakes may warry, but "SESSEION_MANAGER=... BLAH BLAH BLAH" is more or > > less same, with exception of number(perhaps some sort of process id > > number? i cant find it using pstree -p|grep $PROCESS_NUMBER) > > > > > > In short: too little info. > > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > > > > ok, i agree i am inexpirienced, but it looks a bit like an insult to me, > > cause even though i am nooby and i didnt read rules properly and used > > plain intuition, i did follow rules, i did try to locate smth on google, > > i cant ask more experienced friend, cause i live in country where > > ammount of people using hi speed internet is going down, no need to > > explain futher, i did try to find an answere on forums, i did try irc(i > > live in there, in #gentoo and in #linux chnannels) and hell no i would > > sign for smth up to find an answere if it wouldnt be that bad :( > > And BTW, i was adviced to ask this question in here, in casewhat - it > > wasnt my decision, just i am a person who needs a help, if you can help > > = please do so, critics wont help me much... > > > Also, please first learn how to use a mailing list: do not answer an > > > existing post when starting a new discussion. Start instead a new > > > thread by clicking the mailing list's address. > > > > > thats a good idea, i shall do that, in fact, right now > > > Benno > > thank you for answering > > > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- > Nick Rout > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list